Texas Hold’em Poker

A distributed implementation of Texas Hold’em, the most popular poker variant, designed to be played remotely. The system is built using multiple programming languages, with each component responsible for a specific part of the game logic.

Architecture Overview

The application is divided into four cooperating components:

• GUI (Python) — Desktop client for user interaction
• Core Game Server (Pharo) — Manages game flow and state
• Hand Recognition Service (Clojure) — Evaluates poker hands
• Best Hand Determiner (Haskell) — Determines winning hands

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Components Setup

Hand Recognition Service (Clojure)

Located in the evaluator folder.

This service evaluates poker hands using Leiningen.

Steps to run:

1. Open a terminal.

2. Navigate to the evaluator directory:

   cd evaluator
   

3. Start the server:

   lein ring server
   

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Best Hand Determiner (Haskell)

Located in the determiner folder.

This service determines the strongest hand using Stack.

Steps to run:

1. Open a terminal.

2. Navigate to the determiner directory:

   cd determiner
   

3. Build and run the server:

   stack build
   stack exec determiner
   

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Core Game Server (Pharo)

Located in the core folder.

This server coordinates gameplay.

Steps to run:

1. Launch Pharo.

2. Open Tools → Catalog Browser and install Tealight.

3. Open the Playground and execute:

   repositorySpec := 'Mijura/TexasHoldemPoker:master/core'.
   Metacello new
     baseline: 'PokerCore';
     repository: 'github://', repositorySpec;
     load.
   

4. Load the package via the Monticello Browser.

5. In the Playground, start the server:

   PCore new core.
   

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GUI Desktop Client (Python)

Located in the client folder.

This is the user-facing desktop application.

Steps to run:

1. Open a terminal.

2. Navigate to the client directory:

   cd client
   

3. Launch the application:

   python app.py
   

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Notes

• Ensure all required dependencies for Python, Clojure, Haskell, and Pharo are installed before running the system.
• Each component should be running for full gameplay functionality.

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Enjoy playing Texas Hold’em!